Planet Earth

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise researching and recording information about a special location that can be found in the world to use when composing and publishing a written report. The class can model methods to collect facts and structures reports using paragraphs.

World Continents
Research and write a report containing information about some of the special physical and political features that can be found on a continent in the world

Global Climates
Read and write a non-chronological report to identify, describe and compare one of the special climates that can be found around the world

Wonders of the World
Practise researching and writing a report to locate, describe and compare one of the physical wonders that can be found in locations around the world
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Rounding Hundreds
Explain and model how to round some different numbers to the nearest hundred based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Rounding Tens
Identify and record how to round some different numbers to the nearest ten based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Classic Animal Stories
Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters
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Cities, Towns and Villages
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition